Kesteven & Sleaford High School 11 plus: 2024 entry guide

Are you thinking about registering your child for a place at Kesteven and Sleaford High School? We've collated everything you need to know about applying for Year 7 entry in 2024, including the content of the 11 plus exam and how to help your child prepare.

About Kesteven and Sleaford High School

Kesteven and Sleaford High School (KSHS) is a girls’ grammar school (with co-educational sixth form) located in the small market town of Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The school is a member of the Robert Carre Trust, along with Carre’s Grammar School and Sleaford Joint Sixth Form.

Ofsted reported that a key strength of the school is the way that school improvement is seen as everyone’s responsibility. Staff feel empowered and hold each other accountable for pupils’ achievement, with parents and pupils commenting on a strong sense of community and belonging within the school and the Robert Carre Trust.

• Address: Kesteven and Sleaford High School, Jermyn Street, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7RS

• Local authority: Lincolnshire County Council

• School type: girls' grammar with mixed sixth form

• Headteacher: Josephine Smith

• Number of pupils: 750+

• National rank (Sunday Times Parent Power): 153

• A level results: 77.9% A*–B

• GCSE results: 52.7% A*/A/9/8/7

Year 7 admissions: key info

• Admissions contact: Mrs Yvette Edwards – [email protected], 01529 414044

• Number of places in Year 7: 124

• Open day date: Tuesday 4th July, Wednesday 5th July and Wednesday 18th October 2023

• 11 plus registration opens: January 2023

• 11 plus registration closes: 31st March 2023

• Exam date: 16th and 23rd September 2023

• Exam type: Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools: GL Assessment

• Common application form (CAF) deadline: 31st October 2023

• National school offer day: 1st March 2024

How to apply to Kesteven and Sleaford High School

If you would like your daughter to be considered for a place at Kesteven and Sleaford High School, you will need to register for them to take the 11 plus exam and apply for a school place separately:

• Register for the 11 plus: you will need to register for your child to take the Lincolnshire 11 plus exam via Kesteven and Sleaford High School's website. The deadline for this is 31st March 2023.

• Apply for a school place: you will need to submit your local authority common application form (CAF) and name Kesteven and Sleaford School as your preferred school of choice. If you're applying from within Lincolnshire, you will be able to complete this form on the Lincolnshire County Council website between 1st September and 31st October 2023.

What is the pass mark for Kesteven and Sleaford High School?

After your child takes the 11 plus exam, a team of independent professional markers will double-mark and check the papers. Some scores will be age-standardised and then the results for the school will be ranked in order.

The qualifying level (pass mark) is a total standardised score of at least 220 on both papers. Children who meet and exceed this pass mark are normally working within the top 25% of their cohort.

The results of the exam will be emailed to you on Friday 13th October 2023. However, passing the 11 plus does not guarantee that your child will receive a place at the school, as more children normally qualify for a place than there are places available. See more information about this below.

Kesteven and Sleaford High School oversubscription criteria

There are 124 places available in Year 7 at Kesteven and Sleaford High School. If the number of children who meet the qualifying score exceeds 124, the school will apply oversubscription criteria to decide which children should be offered places. Children who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school, and who have met the qualifying score, will be prioritised before the remaining oversubscription criteria are applied:

1. Any child who is, or has been in the past, in the care of the local authority (also known as a Looked After or previously Looked After child)

2. Any child who is registered for Pupil Premium or Free School Meals

3. Children who have siblings at one of the schools within the Robert Carre Trust

4. Children living closest to the school (measured by a straight line between the child's primary home and the school address)

Local primary schools to Kesteven and Sleaford High School

34 primary schools near Kesteven and Sleaford High School are feeder schools. If your child attends one of these primary schools, they will automatically receive information about the 11 plus in the area, including familiarisation papers, in June when they're in Year 5.

• Ancaster CofE Primary

• Bassingham Primary

• Billingborough Primary

• Billinghay CofE Primary

• Brant Broughton CE & Methodist School

• Caythorpe Primary

• Claypole CofE Primary

• Cranwell Primary

• Digby CofE Primary

• Digby, The Tedder Primary

• Dunston St Peters

• Heckington St Andrews CofE Primary

• Helpringham Primary

• Horbling Browns CofE Primary

• Kirkby la Thorpe CofE Primary Academy

• Leadenham CE Primary

• Leasingham St Andrew's CofE Primary

• Martin, Mrs Mary Kings

• Metheringham Primary

• Navenby CofE Primary

• Nocton Community Primary

• Osbournby Primary

• Pointon, St Gilbert of Sempringham CofE Primary

• Potterhanworth C of E Primary School

• Rauceby C of E Primary School

• Ruskington, Chestnut Street

• Ruskington, Winchelsea Primary

• Sleaford, Church Lane Primary

• Sleaford, Our Lady of Good Counsel

• Sleaford, St Botolph’s CofE Primary

• Sleaford, William Alvey CofE Primary

• Walcott Primary

• Welbourn CofE Primary

• Witham St Hughs Academy

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